About Cyndle
Cyndle Rios is a licensed marriage and family therapist who helps people facing stress and anxiety. She brings calm, steady support for those coping with trauma, anger, low self-esteem, and questions about life purpose. Her style is practical and direct, aimed at small steps that add up to real change.
She has seven years of professional experience working with adults on issues like post-traumatic stress, guilt and shame, and impulsivity.
Background and approach
She also supports people navigating communication problems, family problems, forgiveness, and building self-love. Coaching skills are part of how she helps clients find motivation and confidence. In sessions she focuses on creating an open, nonjudgmental space where thoughts and feelings can be talked through.
Conversations are collaborative and goal-oriented, and she helps clients turn insights into doable action. She encourages clients to try new ways of coping and to notice what works. She practices as a California LMFT - Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist - and conducts sessions in English.
Therapy is offered through a variety of online formats, so people can choose what fits their routines best. The first steps are simple and practical, and she guides each person through them. Her approach balances emotional support with coaching.
That means clients get empathy along with tools to manage symptoms and build skills for daily life. Many people come for help with anxiety and leave with clearer plans and steadier coping.
Evidence-based approaches and flexible online care
Two common, evidence-based techniques she uses are skills-focused coping work and trauma-informed support. Skills-focused coping involves learning and practicing concrete strategies to reduce anxiety and manage anger, such as breathing, grounding, and planning small behavior changes. Trauma-informed support means attending to past hurt with care, helping people process difficult memories at a pace that feels manageable and focused on safety.She combines supportive listening with a coaching angle to help clients set goals and try new behaviors between sessions. Choosing the best approach is collaborative - the therapist and client discuss needs, goals, and what feels most helpful, then adjust the plan as progress is made.
Online therapy is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to match different routines. Video calls are useful for in-depth conversations; phone sessions can work when bandwidth is limited; live chat and text messaging are helpful for brief check-ins, coaching prompts, or when typing feels easier than speaking. These options make it simpler to fit regular care into a busy life and to keep momentum between meetings.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Anger management
Also listed
- Experience
- 7 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English
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